Archive for the ‘Living in Sweden’ Category

Hej bloggarna! I’m really excited to announce a new project I have been working on to make life and visiting Sweden more awesome. Drumroll please… …! It’s called the Lost in Sweden Moosleter. I know there are so many of you fantastic bloggers out there. But, it’s hard keeping track of everyone and following through [...]

Today at midnight is the end of filing taxes in Sweden. Skatteverket is quite friendly when it comes to tax filings as long as you saved all your receipts. illustration by Jonas Karner.

One of the best perks of living in Stockholm is walking around the city. There are so many islands and little walkways to enjoy the scenery of the water and the city. I began jogging in an attempt to lose the Christmas-Easter holiday weight. Thus far, I haven’t lost anything but that could be because [...]

Saturday night was the holy event of Melodiefestivalen. It was in this final episode of the myriad of Melodivestivalen shows that actually determined who will go to the Eurovision Song Contest. With over 4 million people watching in a country of 9.4 million, there was no way escaping Saturday night unscathed from the event. And [...]

Here’s my list of ten fun posts to ready by bloggers and journalists around the interwebs. Enjoy! Snuskhummer – The Filthy lobster The Swedish language is colorful! About the Swedes love for smashing nouns together. by OhioGirl at Tales of Södermalm I’m so excited…! A witty, costume expert Abby, gets engaged to a Swede. She [...]

Update, May 9th 2012: I started a Lost in Sweden Moosletter. It’s a monthly newsletter that has content from all around the Swedish blogosphere. Be sure to join it fellow bloggers. The first newsletter will go out mid June 2012. Hey bloggers! And bloggarna? I am updating my Blogroll and want to include all of [...]

Swedish salaries on the whole, are lower than other countries. In Sweden, salaries are more evenly spread between professions compared to the other countries, especially the US & UK, when there is a wide range in earnings between blue-collar to CEO/doctor levels. Here’s a quick look at monthly salaries for most major professions. In Sweden, [...]

Left my purse on the bus, I think, after being so excited and hopped off. Called SL already and left a note with them. *Maybe* there’s a good Samaritan. Will have to wait until Monday to call Stockholm’s Polis Hittegods. Why work on the weekends?! I feel really really stupid and angry with myself. It [...]

DN readers struck back after an article about 51 reasons to hate Stockholm, they came up with 51 reasons to love Stockholm. I don’t think the DN writer picked the best reasons to love stockholm. Several comments repeated themselves (green, beautiful) and some made no sense (stockholm has its own smell). I picked the best [...]

Summer is over. Almost. Officially 14 days until autumn begins. I posted photos from the summer and maybe there are some from the spring so we can all look towards sunnier days for next year. Plus I hope winter doesn’t start early again this year. Not lagom. Our hot air balloon ride over Stockholm The [...]


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